Heavy metal contents in surface soils along the Upper Scheldt river (Belgium) affected by historical upland disposal of dredged materials

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 290, Issue 1-3, 2002, Pages 1-14

  Vandecasteele, Bart ^a   De Vos, Bruno ^a   Tack, Filip M G ^b  

^a Ministry of the Flemish Community   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Dredged sediments; Heavy metals; Scheldt

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; IMPURITIES; RIVERS; SEDIMENTS; SOILS; WATER POLLUTION;

SHIPPING TRAFFIC;

HEAVY METALS;

CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; ZINC;

ALLUVIAL PLAIN; DREDGE SPOIL; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; HEAVY METAL; LANDFILL; SOIL POLLUTION;

AGROFORESTRY; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; DREDGING; LANDFILL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SURFACE SOIL; TIME; WATER POLLUTION;

BELGIUM; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; METALS, HEAVY; SOIL POLLUTANTS; TRANSPORTATION; WATER POLLUTANTS;

BELGIUM;

EID: 0037029889     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(01)00966-4     Document Type: Article

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